13th
January
2009
Amongst the modding audiophile community there is a small band of people who are after the best possible sound from their portable audio players. The concept is simple, bypass all the poor quality SMD components and feed the DAC (Digital to Analog Convertor) output directly in to an external high quality headphone amp.
This is a guest article written by one those people….. (more…)
Tags: 32gb, 5g, Audiophile, Black Gate, Capacitors, compact-flash, diyMOD, iFlash, ipod
6th
July
2008
Compact Flash finally installed , tested and prodded inside Apple’s latest iPod Classic. Now in its 6th generation it was time to see if the iFlash could improve the user experience and bullet-proof the hardware. (more…)
Tags: 5g, 6g, apple, cf, Classic, compact-flash, iFlash, ipod, video
26th
January
2008
With the advent of affordable CF (Compact Flash) Cards, it was time to check out how it would be like to have a 32 gb solid state Video (5.5g) Ipod.
Read my tutorial on how I created this 32Gb monster CF Video Ipod …. (more…)
Tags: 32 gb, 32gb, 5.5g, 5g, A-Data, adaptor, cf, compact-flash, Conversion, hard-drive, iFlash, ipod, iTunes, Rockbox, video
15th
January
2008
New version of my popular iFlash – iPod compact flash card adapter. Turn your 5g & 5.5g & 6g & 6.5g & 7g iPod in to a solid state CF based video and music player.
The adaptor has been re-designed with even higher quality components…… (more…)
Tags: 5.5g, 5g, 6.5g, 6g, 7g, adapter, adaptor, apple, cf, compact-flash, flash, Hard drives, hard-drive, iFlash, ipod, mod, SDHC, SDXC, video
5th
September
2007
Finally, after some delays the day has come to launch the Apple 5G Ipod Compact Flash Adaptor – iFlash to it’s friends.
This iFlash has been totally redesigned to provide the ultimate plug and play solution to upgrading your Video Ipod to use Compact Flash cards.
Read more about this Compact Flash Adaptor…… (more…)
Tags: 5.5g, 5g, adaptor, apple, card, compact, flash, hack, hard-drive, ipod, mod, purchase, video
26th
August
2007
As promised here is my comprehensive battery life test. I measured the battery life of the Apple Video Ipod for playing video and audio, and then did it all again to see how the compact flash version compared.
This article is the definitive guide to how much playtime to expect from your iPod.
Click here to read what amazing discoveries I uncovered…. (more…)
Tags: 5.5g, 5g, apple, battery-life, cf, compact-flash, ipod, mod, playtime, runtime, test, video
4th
August
2007
Apple Video Ipod is a great music player and the ultimate in chic design – but have you suffered one too many times at the hands of the click of death?? Well suffer no more – I introduce to you the Apple Ipod to Compact Flash convertor (probably the Microsoft Zune to Compact Flash and iRiver to CF)….. (more…)
Tags: 5.5g, 5g, apple, cf, compact-flash, dap, diy, h10, h20, hack, hard-drive, ipod, iRiver, microsoft, mod, Modding, video, zune